Since its launch as a free online service in June 2002, AATA Online
(aata.getty.edu) has undergone a number of enhancements designed
to further develop this database as an important research tool for
the conservation community.

During the past year, more than 6,000 abstracts have been added,
including over 1,900 new abstracts; abstracts published between
1932 and 1955 by the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, and the
Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution; and over 3,400 abstracts
originally published in various Art and Archaeology Technical
Abstracts (AATA) supplements.

In addition, abstracts from the GCI's annotated bibliography
on the management and conservation of archaeological sites—compiled
for the 1990 course on the conservation of excavated sites and updated
to include literature published through 2000—are being added
to AATA Online and will be available as a supplement in October
2003. Source indexes for volume 37, numbers 1-3, are also available
and can be found in the "About AATA," "Coverage and
Scope" section.

In May 2003, Risa Freeman became manager of AATA Online and Bibliographic
Services. Formerly managing editor of RILM Abstracts of Music
Literature, Freeman will supervise the continuing production
of AATA Online while focusing on development of AATA's international
network of editors, abstractors, and contributors, in order to extend
the database's coverage of worldwide conservation literature.
Guidelines for abstractors are now available in Spanish, Italian,
German, and French, and they can be found at AATA Online under "About
AATA" in the "Contributors" section.

AATA Online, formerly published as AATA, is a comprehensive
database of more than 100,000 abstracts of literature related to
the preservation and conservation of material cultural heritage.
This free online resource is a service of the GCI in association
with The International Institute for Conservation of Historic and
Artistic Works.